FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 25, 2019Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed LAL by 12 at halftime and won 111–106.

Final
BOS118
TOR102
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +16
Final
MIL109
PHI121
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +12
Final
HOU104
GSW116
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +12
Final
LAC111
LAL106
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -12; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +5
Final
NOP112
DEN100
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2018–19Dec 25, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs OKC), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ LAL

Kawhi Leonard scores 35 as Clippers win in Los Angeles

Final: 111–106. Kawhi Leonard made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-120+5LAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC31203525111
LAL33302320106
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 17, 34, 23, 42, 20, 25, 26, 35LAC35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 10, 18, 30, 15, 19, 21, 18, 18LAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 4, 4, 6, 13, 15, 7, 16, 25LAL25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 39, 50, 16, 33, 27, 36, 32, 24LAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ GSW

Golden State upsets Houston

Golden State (7–24) beat Houston (21–9) 116–104. Damion Lee led Golden State with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over LAL5PHI over MIL12GSW over HOU12NOP over DEN12BOS over TOR16Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over HOU.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 17, 34, 23, 42, 20, 25, 26, 35LAC @ LAL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 22, 38, 24, 22, 33, 21, 20, 31PHI vs MIL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 24, 26, 24, 9, 15, 23, 12, 31MIL @ PHI · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 25, 32, 21, 22, 34, 25, 19, 31NOP @ DEN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 34, 23, 23, 31, 40, 30, 28, 30HOU @ GSW · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 21, 20, 18, 8, 26, 26, 16, 30BOS @ TOR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Dennis SchroderOKC+5.0 23.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.0 14.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.6 27.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.1 28.2 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.5 13.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.3 3.8 last 10 · 7.1 season